CH 3
"Luis, are you sure you know how to work that thing?" Sheridan asked her handsome husband, as he fiddled with the machine. "Camcorders can be pretty tricky to operate."
"Sheridan," Luis looked up at his wife rolling his eyes. "How hard could it be? I've seen Theresa use it millions of times to videotape Ethan, and if she can do it of course I can do it."
Sheridan watched as Luis played with the buttons on the camera.
"Besides, I want to tape every single move that Emma makes. Lately she seems a little fidgety, which means that soon she's probably going to do something spectacular!" Luis smiled over at his daughter playing on the rug.
"Spectacular eh?" Sheridan just smiled at Luis.
She absolutely loved how excited he got around Emma. The day that she was born was probably the happiest day of both of their lives. She had such an inner glow about her that whenever she smiled it could light up an entire room.
"Hey Sheridan, smiiile!" Luis giggled pointing the camera at her.
"Uh Luis, nobody said anything about videotaping me!" She nervously hid her face as Luis came closer to her. "Luis! Oh come on, you know I hate being on camera!"
"Oh c'mon Sheridan, it's just to test it out!" he laughed trying to take Sheridan's hands away so he could get a better shot.
"Ya sure! I know you Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald. The next thing you know you're showing this to the whole of Harmony!" she giggled as Luis playfully began poking her in her side.
"I promise I won't." Luis crossed his fingers behind his back. "Just a quick hi to the camera and I swear that'll be it."
"Just a quick hi?"
Luis nodded.
"Ok fine," Sheridan gave up, as she saw an immediate smile appear on Luis's face. "Hiiiiiiiiiii!" she mocked.
"Oh very attractive Sher." Luis smiled rolling his eyes at his wife. "C'mon say something sexy like 'hello all you gorgeous people' in that Marilyn Monroe voice that you do."
"Luis, I'm going to do that!" Sheridan laughed.
"Oh c'mon honey, for me?" Luis gave his best puppy-eyed look, knowing that Sheridan had to cave in.
"Alright!" Sheridan laughed. She really did love that face.
She put on her best Marilyn Monroe face, stared into the camera, batted her eyelids, and pouted her sexy lips.
"Hello, all you gorgeous people!" she laughed blowing a kiss to Luis.
"Oh that was beautiful!" Luis laughed hugging Sheridan, quickly pulling away to aim the camera at her once more.
"Now say, I love you Luis in a REALLY sexy voice!" he giggled excitedly.
"Why am I suddenly the topic of interest?" Sheridan began walking away laughing. "Why don't I tape you!?"
"Oh honey, you don't want to see what I can do in front of a camera." Luis evilly smiled. "We'll save that for later!" he playfully pulled at Sheridan's top.
"Ooooh I can hardly wait." She giggled, as Luis came closer to her for a kiss.
"C'mon Sher, say I love you Luis." He smiled kissing the nape of her neck, completely forgetting about the camera.
"Mmmm I love you..." Sheridan began, as her eyes wandered over to the rug. "Emma!"
"Emma?" Luis asked confused. "No, Luis."
"No Luis, look!" she laughed running over to her daughter. "Hurry baby! Get the camera!"
They both watched in amazement, as little Emma wobbly made her way over to the coffee table.
Sheridan ran over to Emma picking her up in her arms.
"Did you get it Luis? Did you get our beautiful daughter taking her first steps!" She laughed twirling Emma in the air, as Luis made his way over to the two of them.
"I sure did!" he laughed kissing his wife and daughter. "Emma, daddy is so proud of you!"
They were laughing and dancing around so much that neither of them heard Pilar knocking on the door.
"Hello?" she slowly entered. "Is anyone home?"
"Oh Pilar, hi!" Sheridan handed Emma over to Luis to go greet her mother-in- law.
"What's all the laughing about?" Pilar hugged Sheridan and made her way over to Luis and Emma.
"Oh Pilar! Emma just took her first steps!" Sheridan squealed happily.
"O my goodness!" Pilar laughed, taking Emma from Luis. "Mi nieta has learned to walk! Oh Mijo you must be so proud!" Pilar turned to her son.
"I am mama." Luis smiled. "Emma is growing up so fast, and with her birthday right around the corner, who knows how long it will be before she starts talking!"
"Ok Luis, maybe you're jumping a little ahead of yourself. Sheridan you may have to watch him, before he puts Emma into little league." Pilar laughed, turning to Sheridan.
Neither Luis nor Pilar noticed Sheridan get suddenly upset. She sadly sat on the couch in complete silence.
"Sheridan, Mija what's wrong?" Pilar put Emma in her playpen, as the two of them made their way over to Sheridan.
"It was just something that Luis said, about Emma growing up so fast." She finally spoke, tears brimming her eyelids. "I just realized that I'm never going to get to see my first baby walk, or talk or go to his first day of school. I'm never going to get to read him a bedtime story or sing him a lullaby." She sobbed. "It's not fair! Why did they have to take my baby away?"
Luis rubbed his temples as he remembered the events of this morning.
"Sheridan, you have to stop doing this to yourself." He gently rubbed her back in attempts to calm her down. "You're only making yourself more upset honey."
"I don't understand." Pilar looked at her daughter-in-law concerned. "Sheridan, how come you're suddenly thinking about your baby boy?"
Luis explained to his mother about the dreams that Sheridan had been having lately about her baby and the woman who had taken him away while she had been captured.
"I know that my baby is sill alive Pilar, I can feel it!" Sheridan placed a hand to her heart.
Luis gave his wife a concerned look before looking over at his mother.
"Sheridan, I know that losing a baby cannot be an easy thing to deal with, but you must try Mija. You not only owe it to yourself, but you also owe it to that beautiful daughter that you have over there. God may have taken your first baby, but he has also blessed you with baby Emma, and she is just an angel come to life." Pilar smiled.
"Oh Pilar, you are so right." Sheridan breathed out a sigh, looking over at her daughter. "I have to be strong for Emma. She's everything to me."
Luis smiled at his wife.
"That's right Sheridan, she is. It's moments like her first steps that we have to cherish; because you know first hand that life is precious. I miss our baby too, but every time I look into Emma's face I can see that he lives on in her." Luis kissed Sheridan's temples as she smiled up at him.
"Oh, Mijo that was beautiful." Pilar grinned at Luis.
"Well, you know what's even more beautiful?" Luis got up and went over to the playpen to pick up his daughter. "The fact that our daughter is growing up!"
He handed Emma to Sheridan, and walked over to the cabinet taking out three glasses and a bottle of champagne.
"We should definitely celebrate this occasion!" he laughed filling up the glasses and handing them to Pilar and Sheridan. "A toast to our beautiful daughter! May we always cherish moments like this, to Emma!"
"To Emma!" Sheridan and Pilar said in unison, as they all raised their glasses happily.
"Luis, are you sure you know how to work that thing?" Sheridan asked her handsome husband, as he fiddled with the machine. "Camcorders can be pretty tricky to operate."
"Sheridan," Luis looked up at his wife rolling his eyes. "How hard could it be? I've seen Theresa use it millions of times to videotape Ethan, and if she can do it of course I can do it."
Sheridan watched as Luis played with the buttons on the camera.
"Besides, I want to tape every single move that Emma makes. Lately she seems a little fidgety, which means that soon she's probably going to do something spectacular!" Luis smiled over at his daughter playing on the rug.
"Spectacular eh?" Sheridan just smiled at Luis.
She absolutely loved how excited he got around Emma. The day that she was born was probably the happiest day of both of their lives. She had such an inner glow about her that whenever she smiled it could light up an entire room.
"Hey Sheridan, smiiile!" Luis giggled pointing the camera at her.
"Uh Luis, nobody said anything about videotaping me!" She nervously hid her face as Luis came closer to her. "Luis! Oh come on, you know I hate being on camera!"
"Oh c'mon Sheridan, it's just to test it out!" he laughed trying to take Sheridan's hands away so he could get a better shot.
"Ya sure! I know you Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald. The next thing you know you're showing this to the whole of Harmony!" she giggled as Luis playfully began poking her in her side.
"I promise I won't." Luis crossed his fingers behind his back. "Just a quick hi to the camera and I swear that'll be it."
"Just a quick hi?"
Luis nodded.
"Ok fine," Sheridan gave up, as she saw an immediate smile appear on Luis's face. "Hiiiiiiiiiii!" she mocked.
"Oh very attractive Sher." Luis smiled rolling his eyes at his wife. "C'mon say something sexy like 'hello all you gorgeous people' in that Marilyn Monroe voice that you do."
"Luis, I'm going to do that!" Sheridan laughed.
"Oh c'mon honey, for me?" Luis gave his best puppy-eyed look, knowing that Sheridan had to cave in.
"Alright!" Sheridan laughed. She really did love that face.
She put on her best Marilyn Monroe face, stared into the camera, batted her eyelids, and pouted her sexy lips.
"Hello, all you gorgeous people!" she laughed blowing a kiss to Luis.
"Oh that was beautiful!" Luis laughed hugging Sheridan, quickly pulling away to aim the camera at her once more.
"Now say, I love you Luis in a REALLY sexy voice!" he giggled excitedly.
"Why am I suddenly the topic of interest?" Sheridan began walking away laughing. "Why don't I tape you!?"
"Oh honey, you don't want to see what I can do in front of a camera." Luis evilly smiled. "We'll save that for later!" he playfully pulled at Sheridan's top.
"Ooooh I can hardly wait." She giggled, as Luis came closer to her for a kiss.
"C'mon Sher, say I love you Luis." He smiled kissing the nape of her neck, completely forgetting about the camera.
"Mmmm I love you..." Sheridan began, as her eyes wandered over to the rug. "Emma!"
"Emma?" Luis asked confused. "No, Luis."
"No Luis, look!" she laughed running over to her daughter. "Hurry baby! Get the camera!"
They both watched in amazement, as little Emma wobbly made her way over to the coffee table.
Sheridan ran over to Emma picking her up in her arms.
"Did you get it Luis? Did you get our beautiful daughter taking her first steps!" She laughed twirling Emma in the air, as Luis made his way over to the two of them.
"I sure did!" he laughed kissing his wife and daughter. "Emma, daddy is so proud of you!"
They were laughing and dancing around so much that neither of them heard Pilar knocking on the door.
"Hello?" she slowly entered. "Is anyone home?"
"Oh Pilar, hi!" Sheridan handed Emma over to Luis to go greet her mother-in- law.
"What's all the laughing about?" Pilar hugged Sheridan and made her way over to Luis and Emma.
"Oh Pilar! Emma just took her first steps!" Sheridan squealed happily.
"O my goodness!" Pilar laughed, taking Emma from Luis. "Mi nieta has learned to walk! Oh Mijo you must be so proud!" Pilar turned to her son.
"I am mama." Luis smiled. "Emma is growing up so fast, and with her birthday right around the corner, who knows how long it will be before she starts talking!"
"Ok Luis, maybe you're jumping a little ahead of yourself. Sheridan you may have to watch him, before he puts Emma into little league." Pilar laughed, turning to Sheridan.
Neither Luis nor Pilar noticed Sheridan get suddenly upset. She sadly sat on the couch in complete silence.
"Sheridan, Mija what's wrong?" Pilar put Emma in her playpen, as the two of them made their way over to Sheridan.
"It was just something that Luis said, about Emma growing up so fast." She finally spoke, tears brimming her eyelids. "I just realized that I'm never going to get to see my first baby walk, or talk or go to his first day of school. I'm never going to get to read him a bedtime story or sing him a lullaby." She sobbed. "It's not fair! Why did they have to take my baby away?"
Luis rubbed his temples as he remembered the events of this morning.
"Sheridan, you have to stop doing this to yourself." He gently rubbed her back in attempts to calm her down. "You're only making yourself more upset honey."
"I don't understand." Pilar looked at her daughter-in-law concerned. "Sheridan, how come you're suddenly thinking about your baby boy?"
Luis explained to his mother about the dreams that Sheridan had been having lately about her baby and the woman who had taken him away while she had been captured.
"I know that my baby is sill alive Pilar, I can feel it!" Sheridan placed a hand to her heart.
Luis gave his wife a concerned look before looking over at his mother.
"Sheridan, I know that losing a baby cannot be an easy thing to deal with, but you must try Mija. You not only owe it to yourself, but you also owe it to that beautiful daughter that you have over there. God may have taken your first baby, but he has also blessed you with baby Emma, and she is just an angel come to life." Pilar smiled.
"Oh Pilar, you are so right." Sheridan breathed out a sigh, looking over at her daughter. "I have to be strong for Emma. She's everything to me."
Luis smiled at his wife.
"That's right Sheridan, she is. It's moments like her first steps that we have to cherish; because you know first hand that life is precious. I miss our baby too, but every time I look into Emma's face I can see that he lives on in her." Luis kissed Sheridan's temples as she smiled up at him.
"Oh, Mijo that was beautiful." Pilar grinned at Luis.
"Well, you know what's even more beautiful?" Luis got up and went over to the playpen to pick up his daughter. "The fact that our daughter is growing up!"
He handed Emma to Sheridan, and walked over to the cabinet taking out three glasses and a bottle of champagne.
"We should definitely celebrate this occasion!" he laughed filling up the glasses and handing them to Pilar and Sheridan. "A toast to our beautiful daughter! May we always cherish moments like this, to Emma!"
"To Emma!" Sheridan and Pilar said in unison, as they all raised their glasses happily.